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"Our immediate concern was the safety of anybody passing by and the residents in the area. We shut down Route 11," said Asst. Chief Dan Dumas, of the Mooers Fire Department.

Route 11 was temporarily closed between Route 22 and Hemmingford Road, but was expected open around 3 a.m.

A crew demolished the rest of the building still standing, which was deemed to unsafe to leave up. Some surrounding homes had been evacuated, but those residents have been allowed back into their homes.

Officials say the building fell apart because of age and a weak structure.

"The heavy snow and ice that we've been getting over the last month or so didn't help either. The heft on that front porch, and the porch was attached to the bricks and the bricks were starting to pull away so once it started coming down, there was no stopping it," said Mooers Town Supervisor Jeff Menard.

He's not shocked the building collapsed. Menard says neighbors called about the porch starting to come off Monday night. The next day, he says, part of the road was blocked off.